Carruth Data Breach
Carruth Compliance Consulting (Carruth) is the third-party administrator that handles 403(b) retirement savings plans and 457(b) deferred compensation plans for many Oregon school districts, including Gresham-Barlow School District (GBSD). Carruth discovered suspicious activity on their computer systems. An investigation revealed that unauthorized access to Carruth’s network occurred in December 2024, resulting in the compromise of sensitive employee data for Carruth’s clients, including GBSD.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Am I impacted?
- What information was affected?
- Was GBSD’s information system affected?
- Is my retirement account safe?
- What if I do not/did not participate in GBSD’s 403(b) and 457(b) plans administered by Carruth? Why would my data be affected?
- What is GBSD doing?
- Is there anything I need to do given the potential exposure of my information?
- Who is IDX?
- I am having trouble enrolling with IDX. Is someone from GBSD able to assist me with enrolling in the services provided by IDX?
- What should I do?
- What are fraud alerts and credit freezes?
- How do I place a fraud alert or credit freeze, contact the three major credit reporting bureaus?
- Additional resources